Hello,
I have a red vauxhall and the paint has bloomed, I regularly polish it but I'm now bored is there anyway to stop it or at least make it easier to deal with

Cheers
David

What is mean't by paint blooming..?

Is it the top layer oxidising and going cloudy.? I have a Red Fiat, which was poweder pink until I spent a few whole days T-cutting it back to red..

Yes that's it, it's gone cloudy, I have T cutted it back but in six months it's back as bad as ever, The car as far as I can tell has never been painted

Cheers
David

Get it properly mopped by a bodyshop, they use a geared down angle grinder with a polishing mop which when used with cutting paste takes off the top layer and also warms the paint, restoring the shine. Then a decent polish follows, again using the mop.

You need something like this linky thing, not a cheap 12v object or you are wasting your time.

I had an old XJS that had sat for a couple of years and looked horrible, borrowed one of these and it looked like new after a couple of hours, only thing was I ended up black from top to toe !

If you do it yourself be careful, you can burrow down to metal on the edges !

Regards Mark

[Edited on 25/8/07 by mark chandler]

I have found this company good and reliable. Sorry can't do the linky bit.

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Spear & Jackson 1200W Trade Sander/Polisher & 5 Heads Item number: 190042107378

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swmbo's red Honda CRX is always turning pink and the only way to make is stay red is to repaint imo. I have tried mopping and using sophisticated carnuba waxes but after a few weeks it goes pink again

I had the rear bumper resprayed after a car park bump and it is still lovely and shiney (and red) after two years - the only trouble is that is makes the rest of the car look dull by comparison.

Thanks everyone,
Looks like hard work every 6 months or so

Razman
The bumpers on my car haven't been painted from what I can tell, but those and any other plastic painted bits are still a nice deep red, the petrol cap looks particularly odd against the almost pink of the rest of the car

Cheers
David

That's just red paint for you i'm afraid. I did know the reason for it but can't quite remember the exact details, basically there is a chemical compound in most paints that whitens when exposed to sunlight (might be titanium oxide?), and red paint contains more of it than any other colour. I've spent many a day polishing out pink, i'm a sucker for red tintops despite this annoyance (my last was a Super Pink III MR2)

I believe that one reason for modern red paint not being so good is that the old and good pigment has been banned, mostly for the health and safety of the people who worked with it (sprayers, etc.).

I think it might have been some cadmium compound... (artists use a cadmium red, I believe)

Thanks everyone,
I have a red mini cooper and that sparkles apart from the rust that is, come to think of it I have never seen a red mini fade at all, but I've seen tons of vauxhalls corsa, astras etc that have faded very badly,so whatever compound it is, it isn't in all red paint

Cheers
David

[Edited on 27/8/07 by Minicooper]

[Edited on 27/8/07 by Minicooper]